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$180 I can handle. It was $500 plus for a set installed, new.
-juice
$500! For that much you can do it yourself...even if you have to buy some of the necessary tools like a torque wrench you shoudl come out waaay ahead. I learned so much about my car while doing this project, that knowledge is priceless. Certainly worth more than staying ignorant and paying a shop $300 for labor.
no really, that's all relevant. my thigh touches the steering wheel all the time in a miata, and my feet have literally no extra room to manuever in the pedal box area. in fact, I have to be careful using the dead pedal to not bump the clutch.
there is no way at all someone who is 6'7" would fit in a miata. try an S2000, but I doubt that as well.
~Colin
Maybe when it warms up I'll drum up the motivation.
I've done the gear oil, rear diffy fluid, and a clutch slave rebuild so I'm sure I could manage.
-juice
Drove it to the beach once, 5 hours both ways, and both me and my wife regretted not taking our Subaru. Anything over an hour and I take the Forester now.
-juice
-juice
Anyone seen or heard anything about this?
-juice
If this is a car you're trying to sell, that's a big no-no on Edmunds TH.
btw that's dreaming on the price.. you can almost get a leftover unsold MSM for that.
~c
I would not sell it now, you're gonna take a big hit. At least wait until June so the weather helps you out.
-juice
Shifty the Host
The filler plug is on the top passenger side of the tranny tunnel.
-juice
Thank you for your information on the pricing, that is what I was soliciting. Was this a good price? I too have seen the ads, and sometimes I forget I live in California (Northern) where it may rain, but I am "spoiled" by the weather.
Thank you,
Raymond
When the weather gets nicer you might have more luck.
-juice
Used is used, and my rule of thumb is you subtract 10% from a new car price the minute you drive off the lot. So your value should be roughly 90% of the value of a new LS.
Price one out, new, and see what you come up with. Then subtract 10% and that would be my asking price.
Gotta be honest, it won't be easy to sell. New car loans have lower rates. If someone were to spend $16k, they could spend $18k and maybe get a lower % loan from a new car dealer than they could from a 3rd party to buy yours.
Just keep that in mind. You are going to take a hit, period. There is no way around that.
Best of luck.
-juice
That means if incentives have increased since you bought, you'll take a bigger hit.
I say that because people will cross-shop your Miata with new ones available today.
-juice
I bought it with many rebates, and I would like to keep it, I just have too many cars, trucks, tractors and my significant other has politely asked me sell one. My S.O. is a tough business woman and so I can't come up with a rational reason not to sell. I have owned, I would guess, a hundred cars, from Morris Minor woodies, 57 Volve, MGBs, Austin Healeys, 56 Dodge pickup, numerous VWs, several motorcyles and more and one many people have never heard of, A Borgward. I thought it might be interesting to ask everyone what the worse car they ever owned was, or is, the most reliable, and their absolute favorite. For me, old Opel, reliability Miata, (99,99,04), favorite Camero RS formerly owned by a paranoid CIA agent, and it was powerful. I couldn't park it anywhere or it would be gone in 60 seconds and so I sold and just last Fall saw it in an Auto show. She is well cared for and garaged, seldom driven. Now for the decision, I own a white 98 Porsche carrera, 993 and the Miata. I chose to keep the Porsche. I still wonder, and probably always will, seller's remorse, and on the other end is buyer's remorse. This Miata has both. I bought it, realizing that maybe I shouldn't, and am selling it with doubt too. My S.O. is well trained in martial arts, and though I am 6" 185 and she 5'3" 102 pounds, the only advantage I have is to outrun her, or dissappear scuba diving. All in all life is good, and ever changing. Thanks for your ideas and thoughts. Raymond
Doesn't sound like it's an issue of being able to afford it.
I'd sell the tractor. LOL
-juice
Chuck
It's just something else to remove when you have to change your spark plugs (which the NB's love to "eat" as well). It's kind of a pain to get them out of there with the strut tower brace in the way, but I managed to get mine outta there without removing the brace when I changed the plugs in my 02.
But some mags tested both and the new models were indeed quicker.
The new MX-5 should go back to regular, right? Same engine from the 3.
-juice
One benefit of the VVT is that you do get that "Vtech" like kick in the pants at about 4500-5000 RPM when accelerating. My 90 is fairly uniform throughout the RPM range...no sudden "surge" of power anywhere.
-juice
148hp @ 6500rpm
135lb-ft @ 4500rpm
28/35 EPA with stick
Mileage is better than the old 1.8l Protoge, so I expect it to improve for the Miata as well. I'll guess something like 27/34 depending upon how they gear it.
Range should be better. That's annoying now, I get gas every 250 miles or so the way I drive.
-juice
With the sportier gearing in the Miata vs. the Protege / 3, I don't expect the EPA mileage to be any better than the current NB gets.
Motorweek (I believe) reported (rumored?) an optional 2.3L with 178 hp being offered but we'll see.
Shorter gearing will hurt, certainly.
158hp is plenty, it's only 22 lbs heavier than the old one.
Edmunds reported 22 lbs lighter, but everyone else seemed to report heavier, so that was likely a mistake.
-juice
Seat could offer more thigh support, but leg room is there. My 30" inseam could not fully depress the clutch. Foot well is still tight so leave the boots at home and wear driving mocs.
Tilt wheel is going to be all the way up for everyone, it should go higher.
170hp! More than Europe gets.
Aluminum hood, lots of good stuff. No spare at all, just a can, run flat may be an option later.
Trunk has neat struts, non-intrusive.
Can't wait to drive one. Even the oil filter is at the bottom and accessible.
I loved it.
-juice
regarding the spare, that's fine by me as I have no spare in my Evo. I do have a can of fix-a-flat but most likely I'd just call roadside assistance.
~Colin
I wonder if the dealer will let me get out of the RX-8's lease if I am getting another car from them.
You're probably hosed. What's up with a 4 year lease btw? I sure hope you're claiming it as a business expense..
~Colin
By then the NC will be in it's 2nd or 3rd model year and all the kinks will be worked out. Heck there may even be incentives by then.
I'm planning on putting perforated red vinyl in the seat insert and the rest in black vinyl. Then putting in some regular red vinyl (same kind as the seat inserts, just no perferations) in the door panels (the lower part where the armrest is.
My dad still has a couple of sewing machines from our old burned up upholstery shop from when I was a kid, so we'll be doing the work ourselves. The vinyl is a GM product that looks a lot like real leather but will be easier to work and a lot cheaper. I've thought about cloth, but I really want to do the door panels in a matching fabric and cloth seemed wrong somehow.
Anyone else ever hear of using cloth in the door panels?
The Miata really does need a true summer tire to unleash its potential and I recommend the Toyo T1S to any of you looking for a new set in the future.
TIA
If you mean 06 MX-5, then maybe. It will be cramped but you might fit, try one on for size.
-juice
-juice
It was thrown so hard that is flew into the cup holder and broke that in to 7 pieces, then proceeded to the shifter boot and tore that slightly.
PBC, who installed the top, said there is so much labor that I might as well replace the whole top. Would cost about $900, ugh.
Can I get just the window cheaper, and if so how hard is it to install?
-juice